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US 35729699 A 19990716

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An apparatus and process for casting a continuous metal strand, in particular steel, in a continuous casting apparatus having strand parts (11,12) disposed opposite one another and being fitted with bearings (24,25) in which guide rollers (21,22,23) are mounted, and having actuators (51,52) by which a gap between respective opposed rollers can be set infinitely variable, and which method includes sensing a value representing a compressive force which occurs in the bearings and feeding said value to a computing unit (31); comparing the individual measured force values of a roller or of a pair of oppositely disposed rollers with respect to a level of the force; and utilizing at least the relating highest value measured as a command variable for controlling the gap and/or the casting rate and/or the amount of cooling water and/or the melt feed and/or the casting powder feed and/or the mold oscillation. <IMAGE>